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Scott Spencer Quotes

I was raised in a house on the far South Side of Chicago, in a development erected on a landfill made from slag and other industrial by-products a few years after World War II.

Scott Spencer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: September 1, 1945

Topics

War World House Chicago Development

When you handwrite something, you're writing your most raw, pure thoughts. If you want to change it, then you have to mark it out, and people can see you laboring over that thought. I think even the act of hand, pen, and paper is much more intimate than with a computer screen.

Jenny Han

Change People Thoughts Writing Think

We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean.

Anna Freud

Life Ocean Boat Infinite Sailor His

I was born in the U.S., my wife was born in Mexico and emigrated here when she was in college, and my daughters were born in New York City. That makes them passport-carrying, natural-born, eligible-to-run-for-president Americans. But they're also Mexicans and they like that just fine.

Jeffrey Kluger

Wife New York City College Born New

Exercising will make you look better, feel stronger, and fill you with boundless energy. Staying fit will even make you happier.

Robin S. Sharma

Energy Better Stronger You Look Fit

Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

Michelle Obama

Women Health Time Job Eye Better

One of the things I like to do during an 'overhaul' revision is bust out my highlighters and colored pens. Tools like these make me feel like a real writer.

Lisa Graff

Me Tools Feel Real Out Things

For those who are out of work, to have the confidence from dressing appropriately and to feel good about themselves, it's really important.

Joseph Abboud

Work Good Confidence Feel Good Feel

I used to blame myself for a lot of things, and I apologise loads. I don't do it any more, but when I was in the studio - and it was my song - I'd say 'sorry' every time I got a note wrong.

Jorja Smith

Time Myself Blame Song Sorry Wrong

Sometimes entrepreneurs, successful people, need to put their blinders back on. They're losing their day to distraction, to faulty obligations.

Brendon Burchard

Day Losing People Back Sometimes

I'm afraid I have an incurable urge for teaching.

Antonio Munoz Molina

Afraid Teaching Urge Incurable

I think things like 'farm to table' are misleading. I think sometimes that becomes a pedestal or a soap box to get people into your restaurant but is not... it's almost empty in a way. I mean, my food comes from a farm, and I serve it on a table.

Wylie Dufresne

Food People Think Restaurant Farm

I jog every day, but I haven't had plastic surgery - though that's not to say if one day I look in the mirror and go 'Ugh!' I won't have something done.

Suzi Quatro

Mirror Day Every Day Look Go Done